What martial arts are used in the show "Avatar"?

Question

When the characters are doing "Bending" they are using some kind of martial art. I think a slightly different one each element. What martial art is it? Tai-chee?

Answer 1

kung-poo or masta-vate

Answer 2

It is kung fu.. I don't remember what the other three were specifically but firebending is Northern Shaolin....

They studied a lot to figure out which form would match which bending....

Here we go.. Ba Gua is airbending

Hung Gar is earthbending

And to answer your question yea, Tai Chi is waterbending..

They have all 4 of the demonstrations on youtube :]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OTjFkZrR...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVLmVPjfZ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO2AFSOOl...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KKJRoVJ4...

Answer 3

i dont even watch that show

Answer 4

they are different styles from Northern, and Southern Korea. I mix of Tai-chi, Tae Kwon Do, and i think Wushu

Answer 5

Nope

its Kung fu

all the different styles of it too

Answer 6

dork

Answer 7

Air-Baguazhang

Water-Tai Chi Chuan

Earth-Hung Gar for the earthbenders and Chu Gar Southern Praying Mantis for Toph

Fire-a mix of northern shaolin kung fu styles

Answer 8

The best way to answer your question is to lead you to the source: Sifu Kisu. Those are his motions. Look him up on Youtube and Myspace. Basically he uses Northern Shaolin and Hung gar. The earth element is hung gar, I believe. He may use Bagua Zhang and Xing Yi Zhang to represent the other elements. Like I said, though, Kisu is the authority.